Mika Pyörälä
| Mika Pyörälä | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
13 July 1981 Oulu, Finland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| Liiga team Former teams |
Oulun Kärpät Timrå IK Philadelphia Flyers Frölunda HC Amur Khabarovsk Luleå HF | ||
| National team |
 Finland | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2001–present | ||
Mika Pyörälä (born 13 July 1981) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He currently plays for Oulun Kärpät of the Finnish Liiga. Pyörälä previously played for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL), Timrå IK and Frölunda HC of the Swedish Elitserien, and Amur Khabarovsk of the Russian Kontinental Hockey League.
Playing career
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing Finland
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| Ice hockey | ||
| World Championships | ||
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2011 Slovakia | |
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2016 Russia | |
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2007 Moscow | |
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2008 Canada | |
On 14 July 2009, Pyörälä signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers. After splitting the 2009–10 season between the Flyers and the AHL's Adirondack Phantoms, Pyörälä returned to Europe, signing a three-year contract with Frölunda HC on 29 July 2010.[1]
Pyörälä represented Finland in the 2011 World Championships. He scored a goal in the final against Sweden as Finland took the gold medal.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2000–01 | Kärpät | FNL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2001–02 | Kärpät | FNL | 51 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2002–03 | Kärpät | FNL | 56 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 2003–04 | Kärpät | FNL | 53 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | Kärpät | FNL | 56 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2005–06 | Kärpät | FNL | 41 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | Kärpät | FNL | 56 | 28 | 17 | 45 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08 | Timrå IK | SEL | 46 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Timrå IK | SEL | 55 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2009–10 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 36 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Adirondack Phantoms | AHL | 35 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 47 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 53 | 22 | 18 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| NHL totals | 36 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
- ^ Gyllander, Peter (29 July 2009). "Forwarden Mika Pyörälä till Frölunda". Frölunda Indians. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
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External links
Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- Adirondack Phantoms players
- Amur Khabarovsk players
- Finnish expatriates in Russia
- Finnish expatriates in Sweden
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Finnish ice hockey players
- Frölunda HC players
- Oulun Kärpät players
- Philadelphia Flyers players
- Sportspeople from Oulu
- Timrå IK players
- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- Luleå HF players
- Finnish expatriate ice hockey people
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